Hat-form.



S. OSTERWEIL.

I HAT FORM. APPLICATION FILED MAY 7. 1917- 1,.281,645. Patented Oct. 15, 1918.

WITNESS INVENTOR:

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SYDNEY OSTERWEIL, 0F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T0 LIGOLDSMITI-I & SON, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, FIRM GOMPOSED OF DAVID OSTERWEIL, NATHAN GOLDSMITH, SYDNEY OSTERWEIL, AND LEON OSTERWEIL.

HAT-FORM.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit'. known; that I, SYDNEY OSTERWEIL. a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Newark, in the county of Essexrand State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hat-Forms, of which the following is a specification.

"Thebbjects of this invention are to provide an improved hat form for trunks which is readily and easily fixed in place in a trunk or removed therefrom; to provide an unobtrusiveresilient member the ends only of which protrude from beneath the cushion for. readily inserting into the bracket of the trunk; to provide a resilient attachment which will snap under said bracket or release therefrom by manual manipulation of the cushion; to thus provide a hat form which can be held in. one hand and slid into or out" of engaged position without other manual manipulation of parts; tosupport theicushion, with said resilient attachment engaging the bracket on the trunk beneath said cushionrto secure simplicity of construction and operation, and to obtain other advantages and results as may be brought out inwthe following description.

- Referring 1 to'theaccompanying drawings in which like numerals of reference indicate the same parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is 'a side elevation of a hat form mbo y namy llv rlt r qwin th Same mounted ready for use,

Fig. 2 is a plan of the same, and

Fig. 3 is a' sectional view on line 8-3 of Fig. 1 looking upwardly at the bottom of the hat form as indicated by the arrows.

In the specific embodiment of the invention illustrated in said drawings the reference numeral 1 indicates a portion of a tray or receptacle of any usual and well known construction, such as used in trunks and to which it is desired to removably attach my improved hat form 2. V This hat form, preferably comprises a cushion 3 of suitable size and shape, to the under side of which 1s secured an attaching member 4:, preferably resilient, and adapted to secure the cushion to the tray of the trunk by springlng or snapping into suitable retalnlng means such as a bracket 5 fast with respect to the tray. As shown in the drawings, this cushion is,

Eatented Oct. 15, 1918.

Application filed May '7, 1917. Serial No. 166,857. I

in shape, a portion of a sphere having its under side or bottomsubstantially fiat, and it will be understood that in use the flat bottom of the cushion is toward the supporting surface while the rounded part of the cushion-is above said surface and adaptedto receive a hat upon itself, the crown of the'hat fitting down-over the cushion and pinned thereto in the same manner as it is pinned upon a wearers head.

The resilient attaching member 4 preferably provides tongues 6, 6 which may be sprung together to permit the same to passthrough a restricted 'openingand adapted by their normalspring tenslon to separate again and resiliently hold the member against pulling out inadvertently, but adapt: ed to be forced together again when the cushion is drawn upon manually with sufficient force. As shown, these tongues are bent from portions of a single piece of wire the middle part of which passes through a clip 7 secured upon the bottom of the cushion. At the side edges of the clip where the portions of the wire 8, 8 project,- said portions bend back toward each other in a plane substantially parallel to the bottom of the cushion and cross as at 9 after the manner of an X. Theouter ends of these crossing portions 8 are obviously separated from each other, the separation being substantially thewidth of the restricted opening into which the resilient member is to be inserted, as more fully described"hereinafter. Furthermore, said outer ends are bent back as at 10, 10 with a slight divergence from each other thus forming arms 11, 11 extending toward the clip, said arms preferably being comparatively-short. These arms 11, 11 slope or bend toward each other at their inner end portions 12, 12 crossing as at 13 and ending substantially at the side edges of the clip adjacent the portions 8 where they project from the clip. It is to be noted, that the bending of the arms 11, 11 at their inner ends provides shoulders 14, 14 which face toward the clip and which are spaced away from the crossing portions 8, 8 of the wire, and it is these shoulders which are utilized to retain the clip and consequently the cushion in position.

The retaining means which is used referably in connection with this resllient member is a cleator bracket 5 having a middle portion '15 adapted to be held slightly spaced from the surface of the trunk'tra'y' '1 by feet 16,16 integral, with said middle portion at its opposite ends; these feet being secured to the tray of the trunk .as by screws 17 17 As shown, the metal of which this bracket is formed is bent up with offset-portions 18, 18 connecting the middle portion and feet 16, 16, and it 'is between these offset portions that the resilient member is inserted.

In the constructionshown, the offset portions 18, 18 are nearer together than the arms 1 1. 11 of the resilient clipwhen in their normalposition, and this necessitates that said arms be sprungtoward each other in orderto insert the clip under the bracket.

After the clip has been thus inserted, and

the arms pass beyond the offset portions said arms spring outwardly away, from each other with the shoulders 14,14 overlying the ends of said offsetportions. By virtue of the slope of the inner end portions 12, 12-

' of the wire from said shoulder, manual sliding of the resilient member in a direction to remove said member from the bracket will wedginglyjcause'said arms to move toward each other and'thus permit them to be slid out of the bracket. However, in use the resiliencyof the member 4; will prevent the inadvertent removal of the cushion from its bracket and thus hold a hatin place in the trunk. Obviously, by the construction described, the user may grasp the cushion in one hand and 'by sliding it may either position it in'place in the trunk or remove it therefrom as desired, not requiring any manipulation with the other hand. Preferably the parts are so arranged that insertion of the resilient member in the bracket not only causes the shoulders 14, 14 to engage at one'end of the'ofi'set portions 18, 18 but also causes the opposite ends of said offset porfrom beneath the cushion, these tips being sufficient to readily insert the resilient member in the bracket, and not affecting "the neat, compact and pleasing appearance of theen ti re device. At the same time, I provide a resilient attachment for a cushion which engages theretaining bracketbeneath the cushion for supporting the cushion-in a trunk, preventing the cushion thereby from swinging away from the bottom of the tray when the trunk is shut and being handled in transit. V V V Obviously various modifications and changes may be made in the manufacture of my improved hat form, Without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and I do not wish to beunderstood'as limiting myself except'as required by the following claim when construed in thelight of the prior art. f p

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is, 7

A hat form having an attaching member on its bottom comprising a plurality of resilient wire loops in aplane substantiallyparallel to the bottom'of the form withtheir closed ends projecting beyond "the form'and their other ends underlying the form, .said loops being crossed and.provid ed at their opposite outer edges with sloping shoulders.

Intestimony whereof I-haVe signed this specification in the presence of two. subscribing witnesses. Q i SYDNEY QSI-ER WEIL. 'lVitnessesz. l V

HENRY MAHN, HOWARD P KING.

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